A Weekend in 2461 (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.9.11

After eating, they returned to He Jia's dormitory. Li Mingxiu felt a little tired, so he lay on He Jia's small bed. He Jia sat on the sofa. The two discussed tomorrow's trip. They had planned to go to Lake Baikal tomorrow and had to take the 132nd levitating magnetic train from Yangon to Moscow at 8 p.m. However, although Baikal is good, they have been there many times. He Jia has been there 8 times, while Lee Myung-so has been there at least 10 times. Therefore, He Jia proposed, "Why don't we go and climb Mount Everest?"

Climbing Mount Everest is no joke, but she has heard on the news that many people have died while climbing Mount Everest. Therefore, climbing Mount Everest is a very difficult and dangerous thing in her mind, and it is also a very remarkable thing. Therefore, hearing He Jia's suggestion, Li Mingxiu said, "Of course this is very good, but climbing the Pearl Summit is very dangerous, and even life-threatening." ”

He Jia said disappreciatively, "It's not so scary, Li Shizhen's ex-wife from our hospital just went there last week." And Li Shizhen is also ready to ask me to go with him. But I would like to go with you even more, which will make our love more romantic and challenging. ”

When Li Mingxiu heard this, he said, "If that's the case, then let's go and climb Mount Everest." Because she just wants to play with He Jia, it doesn't matter where she wants to go.

Seeing that Li Mingxiu agreed to climb Mount Everest with him, He Jia turned on the big screen on the wall and began to check the relevant information about climbing Mount Everest. April and May are the best months to climb Mount Everest, and when the rainy season arrives in June, the strong southeast monsoon will cause frequent heavy rains, clouds, and unpredictable snow and ice. It is not until September and October that the weather begins to transition from the rainy season to the windy season, with some better weather and the best season for mountain climbing. However, in August, there will be good weather for two or three days in a row.

They carefully checked the weather forecast near Mount Everest from August 11 to 13, and there will be gusts of wind and snow between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. for the three days, but the wind and snow will stop after 8 p.m., and the weather will be clear until 2 p.m. the day after tomorrow. It's not often that this kind of good weather is common throughout August. Then, he checked the process, time and precautions for climbing Mount Everest. It usually takes 8 to 9 hours to reach the summit of Everest from the 8,000-meter assault camp and 6 hours to withdraw from the summit of Everest, adding up to 14 to 15 hours. There were 17 hours between 9 p.m. and 2 p.m. the next day. So, they have plenty of time to get back to camp by 2 p.m. the next day.

Although Mount Everest is located in China, due to the obstruction of high mountains, the northern slope of the mountain in China is steep, the climate is harsh all year round, and there are too many uncertain factors such as storms and snowstorms, which pose too much threat to the lives of climbers. Climbing Mount Everest from the southern slope of Nepal is gentler than the northern slope, and the warm and humid air currents from the Indian Ocean will bring good weather to the southern slope. The entire southern slope is in Nepal, Nepal is on the mountainside of Mount Everest, and China is at the foot of Mount Everest. The route via China is a huge slice of the mountain with very steep slopes throughout. The hiking trails on the southern slopes are less steep and the climatic conditions and safety factors are very different.

After making a decision, they began to sign up with the International Mountaineering Association Everest Mountaineering Travel Agency through the Internet and paid a certain deposit. Then, they began to prepare. However, they did not know what to do. The Everest Mountaineering Travel Agency only reminded them to put at least 130,000 yuan into each person's gold card. This is not a problem for them. But they didn't know what else to bring. So, they only brought a few pieces of clothing, because it would be very cold on the other side of Everest.

The levitating magnetic train from Seoul to Mumbai will arrive in Xi'an at 8:20 tomorrow morning, and Kathman, Nepal will arrive at 11:40 tomorrow morning. When I got some ready, it was already dark outside the window. He Jia took Li Mingxiu to a hotel on Chaoyang Street east of the bell tower. The hotel, called Century Gold, is the largest in the city and has four floors. Except for some guests from other places, such hotels are mainly used by local couples at night. The two entered the hotel and swiped the gold card into the machine in front of the door, which showed the number 406. So, they went up to the fourth floor and entered room 406.

Since the last time the two of them stayed in a hotel together in Beijing, they left that romantic and sweet memory, and on this night, of course, they want to repeat that sweet spring dream again. But He Jia also took into account that tomorrow he will climb the highest mountain on the planet, climbing Mount Everest is to break through the limits of life, is a test of life and death, not only requires sufficient physical strength, but also needs to have very tenacious perseverance. Therefore, he must have enough physical strength and energy to climb Mount Everest. However, he couldn't resist Li Mingxiu's beauty and gentleness, and he couldn't help but fall into warmth. So that they fall asleep very late. When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, they are in a state of extreme sleepiness. He Jia opened her eyes, looked out the window, the sky was already bright, and hurriedly woke up Li Mingxiu beside her, "Baby, get up quickly, it's dawn." ”

However, Li Mingxiu rolled over and fell asleep again.

There was no way, He Jia had to pull her up from the bed and said, "Hurry up, I'll have to catch the car in a while." ”

Li Mingxiu sat on the bed, stared for a while, yawned a few times, and then suddenly hugged He Jia and said, "Let's get married, so that we can stay together every weekend." ”

He Jia was hugged tightly by Li Mingxiu, and wanted to break free but couldn't break free, so he said, "Okay, we'll get married when we come back from Mount Everest." As he spoke, he pushed Li Mingxiu away, put her skirt on her body, and said, "Hurry up, I still have to go to breakfast." "Because breakfast and lunch are not served on the train.

Li Mingxiu slowly put on the skirt she put on and sat on the edge of the bed for another two minutes before entering the bathroom to wash and make up.

It was 7:40 when they left the room. He Jia hurriedly left the hotel with a travel bag containing clothes for two people, took Li Mingxiu's hand and trotted all the way through the bell tower, came to the Qinling family breakfast restaurant on the thyme food street, and began to eat breakfast. Breakfast is naturally a small bowl of eight-treasure porridge and an egg, so it is eaten quickly.

After a hurried breakfast, the two of them walked briskly towards the station on the south side of Nanshan Avenue. Coming to the station entrance, they swiped their cards on the machine and entered the station. There are three platforms of about fifty meters in the station, which can stop trains with seven or eight cars. There were only a dozen passengers on the platform. It was eight past five o'clock, a quarter of an hour before the train arrived, and they were waiting on the platform. Li Mingxiu sat on a bench, yawning and saying, "I haven't slept well all night." ”

He Jia smiled and said, "That's because you're making too much trouble." ”

Li Mingxiu put his arm around He Jia's neck and said, "I have a habit of making trouble at night, I will make trouble all night, and then sleep beautifully all day the next day." ”

He Jia couldn't help but say with some worry, "Then can you still climb the mountain like this?"

Li Mingxiu said disappreciably, "It's nothing, I'll get in the car and sleep well for a while." ”